The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Mechanics' Institutes

Mechanics' Institutes are educational establishments, originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men. As such, they were often funded by local industrialists on the grounds that they would ultimately benefit from having more knowledgeable and skilled employees (such philanthropy was shown by, among others, Robert Stephenson, James Nasmyth, John Davis Barnett and Joseph Whitworth). The Mechanics' Institutes were used as 'libraries' for the adult working class, and provided them with an alternative pastime to gambling and drinking in pubs.

Origins

The world's first Mechanics' Institute was established in Edinburgh, Scotland in October 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh (later Heriot-Watt University), with the provision of technical education for working people and professionals. Its purpose was to "address societal needs by incorporating fundamental scientific thinking and research into engineering solutions". The school revolutionised access to education in science and technology for ordinary people.

Minneapolis lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. The city is abundantly rich in water, with twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between Chicago and Seattle, with Minneapolis proper containing America's fifth-highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies. As an integral link to the global economy, Minneapolis is categorized as a global city.

Graphic design

Graphic design is the process of visual communication, and problem-solving through the correct use of typography, space, image and color.

The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design, but sometimes the term "graphic design" is used interchangeably with these due to overlapping skills involved. Graphic designers use various methods to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of ideas and messages. A graphic designer may use a combination of typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to produce a final result. Graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated.

Common uses of graphic design include identity (logos and branding), publications (magazines, newspapers and books), print advertisements, posters, billboards, website graphics and elements, signs and product packaging. For example, a product package might include a logo or other artwork, organized text and pure design elements such as images, shapes and color which unify the piece. Composition is one of the most important features of graphic design, especially when using pre-existing materials or diverse elements.

Art school

An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools are institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or postgraduate programs in these areas. They are distinguished from larger institutions which also may offer majors or degrees in the visual arts, but only as one part of a broad-based range of programs (such as the liberal arts and sciences). France's École des Beaux-Arts is, perhaps, the first model for such organized instruction, breaking with a tradition of master and apprentice instruction when it was formed.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is a private, nonprofit four-year and postgraduate college specializing in the visual arts. Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, MCAD currently enrolls approximately 700 students offering education in painting, drawing, advertising, entrepreneurial studies, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, photography, filmmaking, illustration, graphic design, book arts, furniture design, liberal arts, comic art, and sustainable design. MCAD is one of just a few major art schools to offer a major in comic art.

History

MCAD was founded in 1886 by the trustees of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and originally named the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. Douglas Volk (1856–1935), an accomplished American portrait painter who studied in Paris with renowned French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), became the school’s first president. Its inaugural class was held in a rented apartment in downtown Minneapolis and had an enrollment of 28 students, 26 of whom were women.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

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All School Trip to Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Somali Museum of Minnesota

All School Trip to Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Somali Museum of Minnesota

All School Trip to Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Somali Museum of Minnesota

Sunset @ The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Meet MCAD: The Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For thr...

published: 19 Feb 2015

All School Trip to Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Somali Museum of Minnesota

Sunset @ The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust internati...

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

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Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow...

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Meet MCAD: The Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For thr...

published: 19 Feb 2015

All School Trip to Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Somali Museum of Minnesota

Sunset @ The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust internati...

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

published:19 Feb 2015

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Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow...

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

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Rochester STEM Academy: The High School of the Future is Here Now! An outstanding tuition-...

Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts

The MCADMFA program is a community of makers, thinkers, theorists, researchers, and creative professionals. Our student body is diverse with a robust international presence. Subjects of student inquiry responds to social, cultural, and professional needs as well as to entrepreneurial opportunities, stretching across art and design practices. Students in the program pursue creative work in a lively, interdisciplinary environment that includes graphic design, printmaking, paper & book arts, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, drawing, animation, interactive media, filmmaking, comic arts, furniture design, and installation art.
The MCAD MFA program pivots around a rigorous one-on-one mentor-based model. Graduate students work with mentors who are experts in their fields. For three semesters, this intensive experience is augmented by equally challenging critique seminars and theory courses. Midway through the process, students engage in a formal review with a committee of faculty who suggest, evaluate and guide students’ projects. The concluding semester of the candidate experience culminates with a public exhibition of the thesis project and its defense.
The MCAD MFA program is an active part of a contemporary and vibrant creative community in Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the program utilizes the expertise of world-class faculty and professionals. A successful candidacy will allow students to join professional and/or academic life, having mastered at a high level their discipline as practitioners.
Director: Rob J. Gooding (robjgooding.com)
Music: Andrew Smith (asmithmusic.com/) and Rod Hamilton (soundcloud.com/rod-hamilton)
Graphics: Katie Lupton (katielupton.com/)

0:28

All School Trip to Minneapolis College of Art and Design/Somali Museum of Minnesota

Rochester STEM Academy: The High School of the Future is Here Now! An outstanding tuition-...

Digital Art and Design - Minneapolis Media Institute

With the digital world growing as fast as it is, it is ever more important for trained graphic designers to create print and web content to help businesses grow. At the MinneapolisMediaInstitute, we train students to understand design concepts, and how to use the tools to create innovative and creative design pieces for todays world.

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When the sun dims dramatically Monday morning, that would be like an entire power plant unit shutting down for the Lone Star State's electricity grid. The much-anticipated solar eclipse will wipe out about 600 megawatts worth of electricity generation from Texas' growing solar power industry, according to officials with ERCOT, which manages the Texas grid.&nbsp; ... "That is not very much," she said about eclipse's influence ... ....

Multiple media reports Thursday reported a van crashed into dozens of people in the center of Barcelona Thursday killing two and injuring several people. Local Spanish media say two armed men have entered a restaurant after a van crashed into a crowd of people, according to Reuters, and police consider the incident to be terror related. Local media reports say two people were killed instantly when struck by the van....

The number of asylum seekers who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States more than tripled last month, according to new data released on Thursday by the Canadian government which hints at the deep fears that migrants have about the recent U.S. administration immigration crackdown ...The RoyalCanadian Mounted Police said that an additional 3,800 asylum seekers were arrested crossing the U.S ... "It's not a crisis ... ....

The Guardian reported that police announced one person was arrested in relation to the attack on Thursday where someone drove a white van through the busy, pedestrian area of Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain which has left at least 13 dead, and more than 50 injured ...Police said that the number of the dead was "bound to rise" since at least 50 people were injured after the attack, interior minister for Catalonia, Joaquim Form said ... ... U.S....

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two restaurant employees who lost their jobs earlier this week over a photo showing them in Nazi uniforms want to give their side of the story. The two teenagers say they did not mean to cause problems for the UptownDiner in Minneapolis, or for the friends who came out in support of them. All have received death threats, which is why we have hid their faces ...CBS) ... The photo has people calling them Nazis ... CBS) ... ....

MINNEAPOLIS -- Max Kepler was not in the Twins' starting lineup for Thursday's nightcap of a twin bill against the Indians. An injury forced him into the mix and Kepler's late go-ahead home run fueled a 4-2 victory, which ended Cleveland's six-game winning streak and run of 10 straight wins at Target Field... Full GameCoverage ... ShaneJackson is a reporter for MLB.com based in Minneapolis and covered the Twins on Thursday ... ....

MINNEAPOLIS -- Max Kepler was not in the Twins' starting lineup for Thursday's nightcap of a twin bill against the Indians. An injury forced him into the mix and Kepler's late go-ahead home run fueled a 4-2 victory, which ended Cleveland's six-game winning streak and run of 10 straight wins at Target Field... Full GameCoverage ... ShaneJackson is a reporter for MLB.com based in Minneapolis and covered the Twins on Thursday ... ....